Package for food products or the like.



A. J. HOWELL.

PACKAGE FOR FOOD PRODUCTS OR THE LIKE. APPLIGATION FILED Mlm, 1905.RBNBWED A116121, 1912.

1,057,552. Patented Apr. l, 1913.

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ALEXANDER J. EOWEJL, F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

PACKAGE FOR FOOD 'PRODUCTS 0R THE LIKE.

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Application filed January 3, 1995, Serial No. 239,505.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Renewed August 21, 1912. Serial No. 716,315.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. I, ALEXANDER J. HOWELL, a subject of the King of Greatin the'county of Onondaga and- State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Packages for Food Products or the Like,of' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved food package, such fork instance,as pure' unpreserved cheese and includes a thin flexible non-elasticsofttin foil, which is coated with paraffin to prevent discoloration orcontamination of the food products by the metal surface and which wheninclosing a food product of this character will lie closely against vandin fact cling tothe surface thereof, thereby eectually preventing theformation of injurious air pockets, the air in which by contacting withthe unprotected surfaceof the food product would produce lmold.

rl `he principal obj ect of the invention isto provide a food packagehavinga soft non; elastic tin foil coveringpossessing the property oflying closely at all points against the surface of a pure unpreservedfood product to prevent contact with the air and likewise to prevent themetal surface actually contacting with the food product surface tocontaminate the same by coating one side of the tinfoil with paraffin.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction, all ofwhich will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawings in some views of whicha food product, such' as cheese is shown incased within thin flexibletin foil coated with paraffin and inv others of which greatly. enlargedviews of paraffin coated tin foil are shown. y

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the food package. Fig. 2 is aside elevation.y of my improved package, the label being removed. Fi 3is a side elevation of my improved pac age with the outer 'wrapper oftinfoil and paper removed and shbwing the end caps in place. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the cheese package showing the first or inner wrapperof paraffin coated tin foil. Fig. 5 is a section through the package onthe line a a, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary sectionthrough the package, showing the relative positions of the different wrapers, the thickness of the coating A4of para n being slightlyexaggerated. Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary view of one end of theouter wrapper of tin foil and paper.` Fig. 8 is an enlarged crosssection of a piece of tin foil having one surface coated with paraffin,the thickness of the tinfoil and the paraffin being greatly eX-aggerated to show the relative thickness of the coating of paraffincompared to the thicknessof the tin foil.

ln referring to the drawings for the details of construction, likenumerals designate llike parts.

The package shown consists of a food product, 1, such as cheese, whichis preferably in the form of a cylinder, an inner central incasing orwrapping sheet of tin foil, 2, for the cylinder, and caps 3, formed ofsheets of tin foil bent over the ends of the cylinder, an intermediatesheet of paper or like flexible material 4, which-is inclosed or nearlyinclosed in tin foil, 5, and wrapped `.around the cylinder exteriorly tothe inner sheet 2, and an outer paperl label 6.

All ofthe tin foil sheets which are super-A imposed upon the food roductarelcoated with a comparatively thin coat of paraffin which preventscontact of the metal surface of the tin foil with the surface ofthe foodproduct and the consequent discoloration and contamination of the foodproduct by the metal.

The principal advantages of this improved paraffin" coated tin foil isthat it avoids the necessity of using preservatives in the food productor of coating the surface of the food product by absolutely protectingthe food product from 'injurious discolorations or molding. k

While l have specified araffin, I d'0 not limit my invention speci callyto paraffin, but I may employ any suitable wax or composition containingwax whereby the foregoing objects would be obtained.

I am aware that paper has beenv used to inclose food products but as itis elastic and stiff to a degree and doesnot possess the property ofcontacting closely with the surface, interstices are left between thefood product surface and the paper surface which form air pockets andpermit air to contact with and produce mold on the food product surfacethereby spoiling the food product. Also plain uncoated tin foil whichlikewise is not suitable for the reason that the metal surface woulddiscolor the unprotected surface of the product and thus spoil the same.

I claim, A

1. An improved package consisting of an unpreserved food product whichwould be injurously contaminated by contact with air and a medium forcompletely incasing said food product composed of a center innercovering of tin foil coated with paraffin, end caps of tin foil coatedwith paraiiin and an outer band of paper; said center inner covering andend caps completely surrounding and covering the food product and saidparaffin coated tin foil possessing the propertv of lying closelyagainst the surface of the 'food product with. the surface of the tinfoil out of actual contact with and the paraffin surface in closecontact at all points with said food product to absolutelyinclose andprotect the same from contaminating contact with air.

2. A food package in which the food is" incased over its entire surfacewith a covering of tinfoil coated With parain on the inside next to theood.

3. A food package in which the food is incased over its entire surfacewith a covering of tin foil coated with Wax-like material on the insidenext to the food.

ALEXANDER J. HOWELL.

Witnesses:

L. M. SANGSTER, GEO. A; NEUBAUER.

